The Sun. — London, England, 1838-07-12 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The debate in the House of Lords on Tuesday evening possessed great interest, and interest of a mingled and va rious character. Lord Brougham moved for copies of in structions which it was self-evident had been issued to the British naval commanders on the Eastern coast of Spain, requiring them in certain cases to commit hostilities upon armed vessels in the service of the King of Sardinia, a Sovereign with whom England is at profound peace ; which instructions, therefore, it was equally self-evident, would, if acted upon, force Sardinia, and such allies as are bound by defensive treaty to assist that power when at tacked, into an open war with Great Britain. There never were instructions which demanded more imperatively to be laid before Parliament, and to be there sifted and examined with the most searching diligence, as well from their general nature as from the circumstances under which they might be suddenly brought into operation, than those which were in a manner confessed to by the First Lord of the Ad miralty. There never was an attempt to justify the refusal of a parliamentary motion by Ministers so utterly feeble, so disgracefully evasive, as that of which Lords Melbourne Lansdowne, and Minto, were guilty in resisting the motion of Lord Brougham by their votes, for by argument they did not pretend so touch the speech or to impede the pur pose of the Learned Baron. As for Lord Minto, he showed himself on this, no less than on the former occasion, the most ignorant and incompetent among all those gene rations of unwise adventurers, who, from age to age, have held office in a country where leaders of faction are com pelled by the first law of their existence to lift up with themselves the dregs and offal of that greedy multitude on whose support they lean. According to the sage Lord Minto, the quadruple alliance of 1833 or 1834 was sub stantially, not a defensive alliance, binding England to certain stipulated succours in favour of the Queen of Spain and against Don Carlos, but in fact, nothing short of an offensive alliance against all foreign Powers trad ing with Spanish ports, the presence of whose ships might happen to be disapproved of by the British Ministers. Nothing ever was clearer than the proposition, that where there is no war declared between two inde pendent states, the coast of neither can be legitimately blockaded. By what right, then, or on what pretext, can Lord Minte regard the Spanish ports along the whole coast of the Mediterranean as in such strict and rigorous blockade, that British men-of-war are at liberty to fire upon the ships of a neutral power, and prevent them from enjoying the privileges of commerce with the Peninsula? The Qua druple Treaty gives him no power of the kind. The law of nations is notoriously abhorrent to any such pretension. It is one which, if practically directed against Sardinia or any independent state, produces at once a war between England and that monarchy ; and further, between England and those far more formidable Powers which are engaged, as Austria is by treaty, to defend the Sardinian monarchy. Lord Minto is fore carrying out," with a vengeance, the principles of the quadripartite alliance. He has not denied that formal instructions to British officers have been framed upon his own monstrous and contemptible view of the ob jects provided for by that treaty. Lord Brougham, con sidering the case to be one of deep and imminent danger, inasmuch as no person seems to be aware of our real rela tionswith foreign States under such guidance, calls for the means of comparing the instructions with the treaty, and what is the answer? Lord Minto babbles out, " that no ground has been laid for an inquiry," as if his own eager and angry words had not laid more than sufficient ground. Lord Melbourne showed even more effrontery than Lord Minto. He charged Lord Brougham with resting his mo tion on nothing more positive than a former speech of Lord Lyndhurst, which the Prime Minister alleged to be founded on mere public rumour. But did Lord Mel bourne affect to deny the truth of that public rumour? Did he venture to deny that the instructions so much end justly reprobated had been actually issued? Not one.. He durst not once allude to the barefaced block he tdism put forth by his own First Lord of the Admiralty as a principle of public law, because it was an imp'ied ad mission of the feet that " rumour" had falsified nothing. Then, with a ludicrous solemnity, lost upon ev er y ear b ut that of the Duke of Wellington, did Lord Melbourne de precate any appearance of "jealousy " on the part of the House of Lords towards the Whig ;Popish Ministry. " Don't, I beseech you," quoth the Whig Popish leader, "(bat disparage or weaken 'the Government' in the eyes of foreign Powers ; censure us if you will—get rid of us it you can—but in God's name don't make us look little." The Noble Viscount thinks, no doubt, that " looking his" becomes them better. It was not until the second time he got up that Lord Melbourne gave a flat contradiction to.the dictum of Lord Minto on the law of the case, and avowed his concurrence in the interpretation of the treaty by the Duke of Wellington and Lord Aberdeenviz., that it wes one which stipulated certain succours to the Queen of Spain through cer tain channels, but that a treaty offensive and defen sive it was not. What reason, however, did Lord Mel bourne adduce for his reluctance to produce the papers ? Why, that the prnduction of them would " be most in convenient, and would emberrass the policy of the Go vernment." Now, what was the natural and becoming an swer to such a piece of presumption as this? Was it not, and ought it not to have been—if it embarrasses your " policy, as you call it," to give Parliament fu'l informa tion upon matters which mainly concern the public interest —why, then, let the least of two evils befall us ; eive Par liament that which it has a right to ask, and what the na tional welfare requires that it should be possessed of, and do you, Lords Melbourne, Minto, and the rest, go quietly about your business. And this was on the point of happen ing, and this must have happened, but for an interposi tion of which unfortunately we have had some si milar experience before last Tuesday. We need scarcely add that it came from the Duke of Welling ton, whom Lord Brougham called " the friend indeed, be cause the friend in need," of these undeserving Ministers. The Duke of Wellington seemed to have no' faculty of withstanding the appeal of Lord Melbourne to the anxiety of Parliament that e Ministers should not be embarrassed," and declared that on such a ground he would not persist " in calling for the instructions"—aa announcement whielt, our Reporter says, provoked loud " murmurs" (and who can be surprised at it ?) from a large portion of the Peers, while Lords Mansfield and Harewooil, two of the most re spectable men in Engiend, avowed at once that they entirely dissented from the Duke, and would, in opposition to his Grace, support Lord Brougham's motion. Lord Ellen borough, who has in many cases proved the independence of his own judgment, gave his vote also in opposition to the Duke. The numbers, however, were even, and the motion lost. The Duke of Wellington's reasons for this new succour to the Ministry will, of course, ere long, transpire. —Times. Whatever the result of the several Bills now before Par liament for the settlement of Ireland, may eventually be, one thing seems to be tolerably clear, that they shall not answer their ostensible purpose if Mr. O'Connell can help it. Even Lord J. Russell appears to be at length a little vexed with Mr. O'Connell's apparent determination in this matter, and has ventured to express his hope that in future discussions on Irish affairs the " Honourable and Learned Gentleman" will use his best exertions to make the Parlia mentary Bills " satisfactory to the country." Lord John ought to know by this time that Mr. O'Connell does not care a straw what his hopes may be regardinc , his (Mr. O'Connell's) conduct. " The Honourable and Learned Gentleman" knows that whatever he may happen to require from the present Government, that the Go vernment must accord him, whether he gratifies the hopes that may be publicly expressed regarding his future course, or does not. When the Government' is in such a position with respect to any " Honour able and Learned Gentleman," that it offers to make him Master of the Rolls, without being sure that he is such a man as to desire to make Parliamentary Bills " satisfactory to the country ;" it must also be in such a position as to have its hopes treated with contempt by that " Honour able and Learned Gentleman," whenever it is his conveni ence to adopt such a mode of treatment. A Government cannot meanly truckle to a man in one week, and exercise an honourable influence over him, for a good purpose, in the next. The tone which the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin takes in the discussion of the Irish Tithe Bill is very worthy of observation, especially as it isla striking no velty in the proceedings of the Imperial Parliament. He discusses the measure as though it were in no inconsider able degree a sort of bargain offered to himself. " I will not," he has said, " I will not delude the House, by promising the Bill will in any way work well. I believe it will create dissatisfaction and disturbance in Ire land. I believe it will increase instead of remedying the evils of the present system." Now, as to Mr. O'Connell's gift of prophecy, s u pp osin g he and his agitating troops left events to their free course, we do not think it is worth much. For his guesses respecting future events, over which he has no influence, we would give no more than for the guesses of any old woman in the country. But when a man makes a prophecy which he possesses the means of fulfilling, there is good reason to suspect that he may be a correct soothsayer. We would have Lord John Russell look to his " hopes," and see that he takes some better security for their fulfilment than Mr. O'Connell is likely to afford. But the " Honourable and Learned Gentleman " has grown " liberal " to the Esta blished Clergy ; for he is very strenuous in his proposition that the advances made to them of 640,00 W. by the Government, on account of the arrears of tithe, should be remitted, and poor stupid Mr. Hume la ments over such a remission as " a defrauding of the peo p'e of England of a large sum in order to support an Este- Yishment which ought to have been reduced long ago." Now, it might surely have penetrated even into the "lead and leather," which doubtless, occupies, instead of brains, the inside of Mr. Hume's cranium, that Mr. O'Connell, his worthy and magnanimous patron, would not have proffered this remission of 640,0001. for the sake of the Protestant Established Clergy. The Honourable and Learned Gen tleman guarded against such a mistake (but no precaution can provide against the mistakes of the intensely stupid)by expressly stating, that it could not be expected that Protes tant Clergymen should pay back the arrears of their debt to the Government without having recourse to those who ori ginally owed them. What Mr. O'Connell asks (and that he will take right good care to make known to the Romanists of Ireland, though the egregiously stupid Joseph Hume may not understand it), is not a boon for the Protestant tithe-receivers, but for the Romanist tithe-payers. That it will be a convenience to both, we admit ; but that Mr. O'Connell proposes it for the sake of the convenience to both, it would be folly to believe. We have not the slightest doubt that, when next the begging-box is sent round the parishes of Ireland for contributions in support of the highly honourable and extremely learned Member for Dublin, a principal argument of the collectors will be, that the man who, by his exertions in Parliament, made the Chancellor of the Exchequer pay 640,0001., which, but for him, the Court of Exchequer would have compelled them (the Irish Romanists) to pay, is evidently deserving of the very largest donation which they can possibly con tribute to the " rent." Thus it is that worthy Mr. O'Con nell turns his "liberality" to the' Protestant Clergy, and his hostility to the same, all to one account ; as indeed he very cleverly does every other branch of his senatorial business. And what is that account ? Why, marry, the filling of his begging-box with coin.—Morning Post. The article which appeared in the Times of yesterday on foreign passports is marked do less by gross and unpar donable ignorance than by inveterate malignity. It is the duty of those who profess to instruct the public on public matters to make themselves acquainted with information which is accessible to all, and if, failing to do so, they mis ' represent and falsify the facts, they expose themselves to a graver charge than that of ignorance and neglect of duty. Now, it is well known that all persons landing at foreign ports are required by the police regulations of the Conti nent to be provided with passports ; and that persons who . land without passports are liable to very unpleasant conse • quences. A British subject,by name Brown, wasindeedmade to suffer a month's imprisonment in Belgium, in conse quence of his having wandered into Belgium from France , without a passport. Therefore Lord Palmerston and Lord J. Russell, finding that British subjects were from time to time exposed to serious inconvenience from neglect . ing forms which are rigidly enforced on • the Continent, only did their duty. But, then, says the . sagacious Times, ;he effect, and of course the purpose, of this warning is :o induce persons setting out from hence for the Conti- nent to take Foreign-office passports, in order that the Foreign-office may collect more fees. Now, unluckily for this oracle of Puddledock, the fact happens to be that a Foreign-office passport is not indispensable ; that a Belgian, Dutch, or French passport is quite sufficient to enable any person to land in the ports on the opposite coast of the Continent ; and that such passports may be had with out any payment whatever, any day of the week, at the offices of the French, Belgian, and Dutch mis sions. Therefore, Lord Palmerston and Lord John Russell, in warning travellers of the necessity of being pro vided with passports, did not imply " Foreign-office pass ports." In the next place, nothing but wilful or affected ignorance could lead any person at all acquainted with Parliamentary business (which the Editor of the Times must be supposed to be) to assert that the Secretary of State, or any of the officers of his department, have any interest whatever in the amount of fees collected for pass-. ports, or for any other official instrument. The annual papers and estimates and votes of Parliament distinctly show that the salaries of the three Secretaries of State, and of the officers of their respective departments, are fixed, and are in no way liable to fluctuate according to the amount of fees collected ; that the amount of fees collected at the three offices are divided in three equal portions, and are taken in aid of the annual vote of Parliament ; so that the sum voted for each Secretary of State's oiiice is the dif ference between the total charge of that office and one- third of the amount of fees collected in the three offices. Thus no salary in either of the three offices is either greater or smaller in consequence of any increase or diminution of the fees collected in the year ; and the only effect of any such increase or diminution is to diminish or increase the amount of the annual vote. When, therefore, the Tiwes I talks of " frauds," it is the Tines that attempts to page I tine a fraud upon the public, by putting firth a to einent totally, and it may be suspected deliberately, fa? s e tog Chronicle. One of the most important questions which for some years have ocsupl?d the attention of the British public is the subject of Trades' combinations ; and whether regarded in political or social effects, there is scarcely any more deserv ing of serious and impartial examination into its causes and I consequences. We have before us a very ably-written pamphlet on this topic, entitled " A V indication of the Principles, Objects, and Tendencies of Trades' Unions or Associations of the Working Classes ; by a Unionist." I Though, in the exposition of his principles. the writer lays down axioms inapplicable to the complicated state of existing society, yet, in the course of his arguments, there occur many observations which must. strike the impar tial. and reflecting mind with the force of irresistible truth. We consider the right of comb:nation or asso ciation for mutual interest and protection amongst the labouring and all other classes, while conducted on defensive principles, and without aggression on the rialits or interests of others, to be as sacred as the right which forms the basis of all social communities. The labouring I classes, above all others, have a right to do as they please, collectively or individually, with their stock, that is, their skill and industry, in the general mart of social anti com mercial interchange. But a combination of individuals of any class has no right to use coercive appliances, unless where a violation of the fundamental principles of society he involved, to compel others to adhere to the rules which it may mark out for its own guidance. If landowners com bine—and a virtual combination amongst them at present exists--to exact exorbitant rents, through direct or indirect influences, so long as their right in the soil be acknonlcdged, and so long as they forbear from violent or coerciveinflu ences on other landowners who will not consent to their regulations, there exists not in the State any power to which they may be legitimately held responsible. And if the owners of land—a property at present inherited ex clusively by social regulations at variance with the natural inheritance—be justified in combining for protection on the principle laid down, the owners of labour, skill, and in dustry—natural and self-acquired possession—must have, under the restrictions specified, a still more indisputable right to exercise the same faculty and power. Though the author disclaims the influence of enthusiasm in the treatment of his subject, he is carried on by a warmth of style which it would he scarcely possible for any person in terested in the result, and impressed with similar convic tions, to have avoided. There is no country wherein the evils of an undue accumulation of capital are more sensibly felt than in England ; but the great desideratum in a so ciety like ours is not to break it up into its constituent ele ments, but by the gradual and judicious relaxation of inhi bitory restrictions to open a fair field to general competi tion. We may find it necessary to revert to the subject of the pamphlet, which we for the most part approve, and in which there is manifested a spirit of reflective inquiry highly exemplary and deserving of general encouragement.— Morning Advertiser. The joy of Ministers at their escape on Tuesday night is in direct proportion to the feebleness and meanness by which all their movements are distinguished. The jour nals in their interest are absolutely boisterous in the ap plauses which they shower upon the Duke of Wellington ; whilst on Lord Brougham's head, as might be expected, are poured forth all the vials of their wrath! And yet, the re sult on which they hug themselves, is,—not that their pa trons commanded a matiority—but that onla question:affect ing vitally the character of the Administration, and, in all probability, its existence, Lord Melbourne and his col leagues were able to command an equality of votes with their antagonists ! Th e sp i r i t l ess i m b ec il es i n o ff ice glorify themselves, in short, on a result which would have d r i ven any Ministry, animated by honest sentiments to resign Contemptible as the Whigs are, it is, however, conso latory to, discover that they are not destitute of all the best feelings of our natu re . Th ey seem still to be capable of entertaining the sentiment of gratitude—only for a mo ment, it may be—yet the intensity of the emotion may, perhaps, be permitted to atone for the briefness of its du ration. Yesterday they would have prostrated themselves in the oriental fashion before the Duke of Wellin g olon— and have deemed permission to kiss the hem o f his garment, an honour of the loftiest kind. Their org ans o f the press' caught the contagion. The Globe observes : - " We are on many occassions obliged to differ with hi s Grace's politics, but never to question his honour. Lord Brougham compliments him upon saving the Government, and Lord Brougham thinks his sneer is successf u l, an d that he has cast a slur upon the Duke for giving such aid, and on the Government for being compelled to look for it. It may be a very good joke for Lord Brougham, and a grand provocative of laughter for some of the wiseacres in their Lordships' House. And what does the exquisite satire come to ? and what is the point,of the wonderful epigram ? Why--that these questions would meet with one answer from honourable men ; that there are some men of the Opposition not so blinded Is the accursed party spirit—not so frantic at exclusion from office—not so envious of those who hold it, but that they will say that truth is truth, even though it come from the enemy, and that on that sacred ground they will see no enemies at all." And the courier exclaims, that the Duke " although remembering that he is a Tory, cannot forget that he is a gentleman." Praises from such quarters may, we think, induce the Duke of Wellington to doubt whether he has not been betrayed into forgetfulness of the true interests of the cause, of which, at present, he is the recognised head. Not that we should not be disposed to applaud any dis. THE. SUN, LONpON, THURSDA_Y, JULY 12, 1838.. play of magnanimity, on the part of his Grace, .towards an enemy so contemptibly feeble as the Whigs are—pro viding the conduct of the party in office could be connected in any way with high principle, however false in itself that principle might be. But the history of each day of the existence of the Melbourne Cabinet proves the utter base ness of its members ; whilst the history of the last fort night proves that they have. at length, learned to throw aside even the semblance of respect for principle or consis tency. Within a fortnight, they have thrown overboard the appropriation clause—and yet have had the meanness to re tain their places ! On the question, with which that clause was connected, they turned Sir Robert Peel out of office ; and now they have adopted Sir Robert's policy, without re linquishing the fruits of their opposition to the Conserva tive Government, of which he was the head. Will it be alleged that their change of sentiment has been sincere ? Scarcely, until they shall furnish evidence of its sincerity, by abandoning office, which they gained, by means of a course of action diametrically opposed to that which they have recently adopted ! The Whigs resisting the appro priation clause—and yet administering the Government of the country—stand in the li g ht of self-convicted political swindlers ! The present occupants of office, therefore, are no fitting subjects for the display of the Duke of Welling ton's magnanimity. Their conduct in reference to the ap propriation clause has been only in keeping with their previous tactics—with their threats, when in oppo sition, of " stopping the supplies"—and with all the other frantic revolutionary movements which they ' menaced, when their exclusion from office promised to be of long duration. The Whigs, in fact, are not entitled to the benefit of the laws of civilised political warfare. They have proved themselves mere pirates. They fight, habitu ally, under false colours. They violate, on all occasions, that species of good faith which fair enemies never fail to display towards each other. The most summary process for extinguishing them must, therefore, be the best. We are quite sure that the Duke of Wellington, in interposing to save from destruction, Ministers—his present eulogists, but his mean, treacherous, and unrelenting enemies and calumniators in other years—was animated by the highest and the purest motives. But we cannot, nevertheless, avoid the conclusion, that he laboured under a grievous de lusion. The Duke owes something to the opinion of the great party, which has chosen him for its head :—he owes much to the feeling of the country, of which the feeling of his otvn immediate party is, to a great extent, representative! To overlook a venial error on the part of an antagonist may be consistent with true wisdom ; but to interpose habitually to prevent the destruction of an antagonist, whose whole course is error, and whose every error is deadly, is to be guilty (however unintentionally) of treason to the highest interests of political truth ! Why should the Duke of Wellington spare the Whigs? Have the Whigs ever conferred the slightest benefit on the country ? Or, (if their reign should last for fifty years to come), will they, let us ask, ever con fer any benefit on any valuable section of the community ? Are our domestic relations, and our foreign relations in so satisfactory a state that the expulsion of the Whigs from office would be sure to derange them ? Are Whig prin ciples so pure and valuable, that the present Ministers ought to be aided by Conservatives in filling all the public offices with professors of these principles ? Has the Duke in short, fallen in love with Whiggery, or has he become ashamed of Conservatism ? These arc questions which Conservatives will ask. The answers will vary with the varying tempers of the inquirers ;—but of this fact, we may, at all events, rest assured, that the recent tactics of . the Conservative leaders are little calculated to strengthen the Conservative cause l—iliorning Herald. IMPERIAL PARLIkIVIENT HOUSE OF COMMONS, JUL Y 11. For the third reading 65 Against it Majority in favour of the Bill MIDDLESEX COUNTY COURT. -50 STATISTICS OF FRANCE.—Some curious facts have been collected in a work on the statistics of France by Count d'An geviile. Life is of longest duration in the department of the Orne, and shortest in that of the Seine. The age of 100 years is rarely at t,ined in any part of France. Illegitimate birth is most frequent in the department of the Seine, where it amounts to 313 in every 1,000 ; in that of the Ile-et-Vilaine, and in Bretagne, it occurs more rarely than elsewhere. Before the revolution of 1789 only 40,000 foundlings were maintained in the hosplals, and in 1833 the number amounted to 129,000. Most exceptions from insufficient height are to be found in the department of the Haute-Vienne when recruiting for the army, and in that of the Meurthe most exceptions take place on account of feeble ness of constitution. Education is more general in the department of the Jura. and a singular coincidence between the amount of instruc tion and that of doors and windows is remarked! by M. trAnge rifle. Where these exist in the greatest number, or in fact whole the houses are best lighted and aired, the inhabitants are also moat enlighten:A, so that stranger in passing through a town mayite able to estimate the mental cultivation of the people by counting the doers and windows of their dwellings.—Londun and Paris Ad vertiser. The Rev. Robert Taylor, of Hartlepool, ' , hose lab° irs of love towards his " ignorant fishermen" parishioners, ss'ir have had frequent occasion to mtice, seems determined to sacrifice him. self fur the good of the Established Church. Following a great way off toe example of the meek arid lowly se;folenying Master, whose servant he professes to 1,1,, this Minister itf the Gospel, last Wednesday, invoked certa n ministers of the law from Stockton, to do duty for him a, tempo. rary sub.curatcs. They accordingly entered on their pastoral dirties with much :.lacrity, and instead of the Easter Offerings ((Wrings ! ) c:airned by the Priest, carried off with them, from the house of Mr. Samuel Cram, a piece o; cloth, value five guineas, for a el a irn of five pence; from Mr. J. - ffinson Worthy, six chairs, a fender, and fire irons, valtt.., four pounds, for seven pence; from Matthew Carter, six chairs, value 31. 12s. furl:fa:pence; from Mr. Will:ain Jenkinson, six chairs, a carpet, fender, and fire irons, value 31. (3,., forfivc pence. The officials have carried their well-earned booty to Stockton. It is under stood that Mr. Taylor, who is actuated in this painful business by a high sense of duty alone, trill preach two sermons neat Sunday fir the benefit of the sufferers ; one of his texts being 1 Samuel, ii. IC. ; the other, Acts xx. 03.—Sunacrland Herald Oil the Wednesday previous to the Coronation, a disgusting.looking old wretch, who stated that he came from Wirk worth, brought a # decent.looking young female to Matlock Bath, with the avowed purpoge of prostituting, her for money Ile was advised to stay till night, at which time, a party (collected for the purpose) after bestowing a hearty lucking on the brute, soused him right well in the horse-pone'. The Siecic mentions a report as being in circu lation, but which it considers as highly improbable, and which we look upon as still more so, that one of the objects of Marshal Soult's Embassy Extraordinary to England is to demand the cession to France of the re mains of Napoleon,. The rumour adds that this demand has been readily acce.led to' by the English Government, and that the Prince de Joins ille op.bis return to Brest is to go to St. Helena, in command of a frigate, to !etch the hod), which will afterwards be deposited under the column of the Place Vendome, &e. COACH ACCIDENT.—The coach that connects Denbigh Hall with Stamford, was upset last night, on its return. The downward railway trains are bringing such multitudes from the Corona- Con, and to proceed to the waters, that the coaches are in e xtraordinary ie, and the driver of this was unable to get a drag. He was particularly careful, but descending the hill halfway between Kettering and Stan. ford, the accident occurred. Several Lincoln passengers were in the each, and Mrs. Franklyn's wrist is broken, but no other serious in. jury was experienced by airy one but the driver, he being much hurt.— Lincoln Ganeite. THE FORTY-TIIIEVES.—Bv this designation in future those liberal, enlightened, and loyal inhabitants are to be known, who to the number of forty sat down to a sulky dinner at the Swan, Chi. Chester, on the day of our gracious Queen's Coronation, instead of join_ ing their fellow citizens in attending the Mayor's invitation to dine at the Council Chamber.—Brighton Guardians CAUSE Sinonopolisis. OF POVERTY.—It cannot be too often repeated that eve r y monopo l y, not only robs the pu bli c of all that the pocket,ea,bi Leaving, also h ow o e f , ear7tuhcilsr, latter larger item sum altogether in the out of of th e reel:oiling, how s t an d s the account between the peop l e o f this country and the gr an d monopolists ? According to John Crawford, Esq., for. moray candidate f or Gl asgow, &c t his question t eshape jury to trade thoroughly, the f o ll ow i ng i s an enumeration of the cost to the eountry of the different monopolies maintained by the aristocrary : Monopoly of the Corn Laws .E 30,000,000 Monopoly of other articles of food and necessity 15,000,000 Monopoly of Colonial products Interest of Paper Currency jobbed away instead of being put to the public account Monopoly of tire Church . 1,000,000 0,000,000 Total £60,000,000 Here are the annual burthens upon the people, which exc eed b y twelve millions s t er li ng, the total amount of the public taxes, including the charges o f co ll ecting and which are, by f o ur mil* lions, more than would p a y th e i nterest of t h e national de b t tw ice over. It may be added, that the joint annual amount of the public taxes and monopolies is not less than 110 millions sterling. To this, moreover, are to be added, the parochial assessments and poor rates ; those in 1831, for the Untied Kingdom, amounted to 8,622,9204 TRADE WITH INDIA.—Our dates fro m Canton to the 7th of March, announce the opening of the trade between Can ton and India to American vessels. This new outlet to our industry will be of immense advantage to the shipping interest, struck down as it has been by the wick e d p o li c y o f our rulers. The carrying trade now expect to hear of our Yankee clippers crowding the' has always been to Americans the greatest source of profit, aci may and plying between China and India. They will prove competitors to the English merchant service. The o troublesome seas y e fficlal mu ' f tion following the decision of the conventional treaty of July I n s ot l i s ica s thus :—" Foreign ships belonging to any state or country'in Europe America, so long as such states or countries remain in amity with e her Majesty, may freely enter the British sea-ports and harbours in the East I n dies, whether they come directly from their own country or from any other place, and shall be there hospitably recei ve d . And such ships , in such sea-ports. shall have liberty to import into such sea-ports , from their own respective countries, goods, the produce of their . own countries ; and to export goods from such sea-ports to any foreign countries whatsoever, accord. special permission t r h e a g t u a t ti shallon n established btbe lalawful l t ofobret the established, hd ships in time of war , saltpetre or Ishinward cargoes b iin e rg t ° w vt e iod e et n id'e the British government . and . any state . or power whatsoever, to port of India b export B fr r o i m tis t h h g e bv sa c i r d bm ß e r b it t i , sh aby ter t r b l i t l o tt r a ie r s y , word hzt al th s e tb s res gorbaifnre;ignhotrortobtrheecrewivieser butods boenvebrotharedlesasttboenberißgirbitai of such Ships may be discharged at different British ports, and the outward cargoes of such ships may be laden at different British ports for their foreign destination." DREADFUL SUICIDE—The inhabitants of Ber nard-street, Hawkhill, Dundee, having for several days past felt a disagreeable smell proceeding from a room occupied b y Alexander Bruce, road-contractor, and the hou s e having been shut up for some weeks, vague suspicions were entertained in the neighbourhood that all was not right. It was therefore resolved to give notice of the circum stance to the Police. The house was then entered by the window— when when a most appalling spectacle presented itself. The body of Bruce was found on the floor, far gone in a state of decomposition, with th e throat cut, and a great quantity of clotted blood around it. A razor was found in the apartment, with which the fatal act appears to have been perpetrated. He had a brother who committed suicide about thirty years ago, by throwing himself over the Barrack -wall ; anti his sister twice attempted to drown herself, by leaping into the river, but was on both occasions rescued. A coffin having been prepared as speedily as possible, the rapidly-decaying body wa, committed to the ground, about eleven o'clock on Monday night. The de , :ea,ed widower, but has left a son and two daughters who are grown up._ 1 Dundee Advertiser. The SPEAKER. took the Chair at Four o'clock. HARTLEPOOL DOCK AND RAILWAY BILL. Mr. PEASE moved the third reading of the Hartlepool Dock and Railway Bill. Mr. CAYLEY opposed the third reading. He intended to have introduced clauses in Committee for the protection of the shareholders, but had been precluded doing so upon a point of form. As be could not introduce these clauses now, by the forms of the House, he must oppose the Bill. Lord DUNGANNON trusted the House would agree to the third reading. Mr. LANGDALE thought the Bill should be postponed. The SPEAKER said the parties, the promoters of this Bill, had given no notice at first. The Bill was then re ferred to the Standing Orders Committee, who gave the parties leave to proceed, on condition of giving notice, which notice was then accordingly given. The pe tition was for a different mode of raising money, which they were authorised by the former Acts to raise—it was to this extent only, that the notice went.—(Hear.) If parties were to be allowed to introduce clauses not included in their notice, it would be opening the door to great inconvenience —( Hear, hear)—because parties might then be taken wholly by surprise, as they would.reasonably conclude that parties were to be bound by their notice.—( Hear.) This question, therefore, very seriously concerned the forms and orders of the House.—(Hear.) After a few words from Mr. PEASE, The gallery was cleared, and the House divided, when there appeared, On the motion of Mr. AGLIONBY, that the Middlesex County Court Bill be read a third time, Sir E. SUGDEN moved the omission of the 39th clause. Mr. AGLIONBY defended the clause, which he said was common in all County Courts' Bill. Mr. FRESHFIELD and Mr. COURTENEY were against the clause. The House divided, and the numbers were— For the clause l5 Against it Majority against the clause —77 The clause was consequently struck out. On the next clause being read, Sir E. SUGDEN objected to the clause. He thought the principle involved in it was very objectionable. Mr. AGLIONBY implored the House not to be led away by the statement of the Right Hon. Gentleman. None of the clauses in his (Mr. Aglionby's) Bill were introduced in the present measure—they were of a totally different character. The Bill then in his Committee related entirely to the power to be given to justices, and the clauses under consideration related to the power to be given to a Court presided over by a judge, who did not act ministerially, but had power to hear and determine all causes brought before it. He hoped the House would allow the clause to stand. After a few words from Sir E. SUGDEN, On the motion of Mr. FOX MAULE, the debate on the remaining clauses was adjourned till to-morrow. WESTMINSTER IMPROVEMENT. Sir M. WOOD moved the second reading of this Bill. Mr. P. THOMSON said the object of the Bill was undoubtedly laudable; but he objected to the mode by which it was proposed to be effected—the raising 900,0001. by tontine. He did not think the House would sanction such a principle. If persons were desirous to enter upon under takings requiring capital, let them raise it among themselves, and not have recourse to a scheme for hocus-pocussing people of their money : and he hoped the House would not agree to the second reading. • Sir M. WOOD said the respectable inhabitants of West minster, and the Dean and Chapter, were very anxious that the improvements contemplated by this Bill should take place. If the tontine plan were objectionable, it might be' altered in Committee. But the Government ought not at once to oppose a Bill, the object of which was so important as the improvement of a great city like Westminster. Lord G. SOMERSET said his objection to this Bill had not been removed. If the Legislature had determined on doing away with speculations such as lotteries, he thought it ought not to recognise a speculation for expending 900,000/. in this manner. Besides, there were eleven Members of this House who were Directors of this Company. Sir DE LACY EVANS said, that although he surported this•measure, he was no Director—he had been requested to become one, but had declined doing so.—( Hear.) Lord G. SOMERSET explained. Mr. M•KINNON thought it unfair to lay down the prin ciple, that because a Member was an honorary Director, having no interest or shares in the Company, he should be prohibited from voting. Mr. A. YATES suggested that the Bill should go into Committee, in order to make such amendments in it as might be deemed advisable. Mr. C. LUSIIINGTON had been a member of the Pro visional Committee, but he had declined to become a Director, because he thought it wrong for Members of that House to embark in sueh speculations. Sir E. SUG DEN had also directed his name to be with drawn from the list of DireetorA. Mr. A. YATES explained that he also had directed his name to be withdrawn. Sir R. INGLIS would ask the Howe what credit could be given to a speculation from which three out of the Mem bers present whose names were attached to it as Directors had stated that their names had been published without their con currence? Under all the circumstances of the case be could not agree to the second reading of the Bill. After a few words from Mr. P. THOMSON, Sir M. WOOD withdrew the Bill. Sir R. INGLIS brought up the Report of the Committee on the All Souls, Oxford, Estates Bill. Mr. P. SCROPE brought up a Report from the Poor Law Committee. PAROCHIAL ASSESSMENTS BILL.- Mr. SHAW LEFEVRE, in moving the second reading of thi s Bill, b egged to state in a f ew words , t h e pr i nc i p l e of the Bill. His object in introducing this Bill was to place the law relating to parochial assessments on a more sa tisfactory basis than that on which it at present rested ; and also to put an end to that dissatisfaction which prevailed, owing to the introduction of a principle of rating lately which had never before been heard of. In the year 1836, the Pa rochial Assessment Act passed. The object of that Act was to procure an uniform rate throughout the whole country. The Honourable Member proceeded to quote at some length the case " Rex v. Joddrell." It had been laid down, he said, by the Judges that personal property was to escape rating. Doubts, however, existed whether the case of the King v. Joddrell was to be maintained. The Parochial Assessment Act did not conduce to equality of rating ; the only good derived from it was, that it gave a cheap mode of appeal to the special sessions, and plenty of appeals there would be if this rating question were not settled. He was not consulted as to the introduction of that proviso, but those who were consulted understood that it should be in serted without the smallest prejudice to the landowner, and that it was open to bring the subject forward in the next Session. It was said that the clerical tithe-owner received the amount which came to him as a rent-charge for the duties performed, and that as that was a salary he was to be exempt from rateage. Ile (Mr. L.) could not take that view of the matter. He ale ays considered this as one of the most secure and valuable properties in the kingdom. It was better to the holder than any landed property.—( Hear.) If they introduced the new species of rate great dissatisfaction would be created in all the parishes of England ; and in the county which he had the honour to represent, the tithe-owners were rated at one-half, while the occupiers were rated at the rack-rent. Such dissatisfaction had been caused by that mode of proceeding that all the benefits de rived from the Tithe Commutation Act would be counter acted, unless this House immediately interfered to remedy this difficulty.—( Hear.) He ventured, therefore, to ask the House to come to a speedy decision on this question, for if they did nothing in it, they would give the signal for litigation in every parish in England. Mr. GOULBURN was sensible how difficult it wits to oppose any proposition coming from such a quarter. He would not have come forward to oppose the present measure, if he had not considered it to be inconsistent with the law for the commutation of tithes which had lately passed that House. The Bill was the more dangerous because it in a great de gree concealed the object it professed to have in view. Ile had no wish on the part of the clergy to avoid any burden that might be justly cast upon them—all he asked was this, that when the House called upon all classes to contri bute 'their proportion to the general burden, the clergy might not be called on to contribute more than a fair proportion. Two years ago, the House had passed an Act for the Commutation of Tithes in England and Wales, and that Act was in the nature of a bargain which the present measure tended materially to alter. Every principal of good faith required them to adhere to that arrange ment, and not impose an additional tax upon the clergy. The Bill was entirely different from the notice put upon the books by the Honourable Meinber, and from his speech it appeared that his intentions were different from both. Had he ( Mr. G.) no other objection to the Bill he would oppose it, because the title of it had no reference to the matter it contained.—(Hear, hear, hoar.) It was called a declaratory Bill, but it was no such thing—it was an enact ing Bill, and made a total change in the law of rating. The tithe-owner was the only one in a parish to whom no advantage was given by the Act, while it was proposed to exempt the landholder and the manufacturer from the tax. The principle of the Act of Elizabeth, and every succeeding Act, was that all parties should be equally rated. The average of the profits on a number of years might be made the foundation of rating. In the conduct of parochial affairs there had certainly of late been great irregularity. If this Bill were passed, every clergyman would be taxed more than was just. Whatever might be the fate of the motion which he had to make, he thought when the Bill was sufficiently discussed, there was that sense of justice and good feeling in the country that would not permit it to pass. The Learned Gentleman concluded by moving that the Bill be read a second time this day three months. Mr. E. BULLER rase amidst cries of " Divide." The Hon. and Learned Gentleman was almost wholly inaudible in the Gallery. We understood him to say that the state of the law was such as to render legislation absolutely necessary. By the Act of Parliament all property, whether capital or profit, was liable to be rated ; and no custom, of however long stand ing, could set aside the clear intent of an Act of Parliament. The decisions of Judges were only valuable as interpreting Acts of Parliament, but they could not alter them. He could' not altogether support the present Bill. He thought it was just sud desirable as far as it was declaratory, but he objected 104 42 Majority. The Bill was then read a second time. SMALL DEBTS (SCOTLAND) BILL. Ayes Noes. to its enaction part, for it was an enacting Bill, inasmuch as it declared that certain property should not be liable to be rated. With this qualification he would support the second reading of the Bill, although at that late period of the Session, and considering the difficulties involved in it, there could not be much chance of its passing. Mr. AG LIONBY called upon the House, as it valued the Church itself, to pass this Bill into law. The grcund upon which he supported the proposed alteration of the law was this, that it could never be practically carried into effect as it stood. He did not deny that by the original Act of the 43d of Eliza beth they might rate profits and stock in trade, but it was round that so much mischief arose from it, that it gave such inquisitorial power to the overseers of the poor, and worked such detriment to the country, that by general consent it was never attempted to rate stock in trade or profits. If they allowed the matter to remain in its present state after the dis cussions that had taken place, they would have in every parish contests between the tithe receiver and the landed interest. Sir H. INGLIS said he looked upon the question not as one regarding the clergy only but as a question between the tithe owner on the one hand, and the landowner on the other; and which ought to be decided simply according to the law which regulated tithes, as well as every other description of hereditament. He . held that it would be very unbecoming in an assembly consisting in a great measure of landowners to take from the tithe owners, who, in this case were the weaker pa,rty, that which the existing law did not take from them ; for this Bill, which pretended to be a declaratory law, was ac tually an enacting Bill, altering the state of the law as to these particular individuals. He trusted that the House would not piss such a Bill. Mr._ AG LIONBY explained. Sir E. SUG DEN said, that, upon mature reflection, be was much inclined to think that the principle of this Bill was right. There were two grounds, however, upon which he was disinclined to vote in favour of the present Bill. The first was, that the case of " The King v. Joddrell," having been decided, though he (Sir E. Sugden) was sure correctly so, in favour of the clergyman, and the Tithe Commutation Act having declared that the rent-charges in lieu of tithes should be treated in the same way as Tithes, and Mr. Scrope's Act having preserved all the rights of the clergyman then existing, he could not now take upon him to usurp the power of the courts of law, and reverse a decision which, until it was re versed, was favourable to the claims of the Clergy. The second reason why be could not vote for the present Bill was, that its recital was not correct, for there was no doubt existing as to the construction of Mr. Scrope's Act. For these rea sons he should, therefore, vote against the second reading of this Bill. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL quite concurred with the Right Hon. Gentleman that the principle of this Bill wPs the correct one, and was only sorry that the Right Eon. Gentle. man's vote should not coincide with the view he took of the principle of the Bill.—( Hear, hear.) He agreed with the Hon. Member for the University of Oxford that this was not a question between the clergy and the laity, but between the titheowner and the landowner. With regard to the case, " The King v. Joddrell," that was by no means to be con sidered a clear decision ; on the contrary, he apprehended there were good and sufficient grounds to set it aside as bad law. And, therefore, when the Right Hon. Gentleman alleged that the Tithe Commutation Act proceeded upon the principle laid down in this case, he (the Attorney-Gene ral) must beg leave, with all respect, to differ from bim. The titheowners received their commutation, not under the law as laid down in " The King v. Joddrell," but according to what was actually law ; and, therefore, if the law was badly laid down in that case, no injustice could be done them by passing a Bill declaratory of what the law was, or ought to be. He agreed in the criticism that this was not simply a declaratory Bill, as it was styled, but an enact ing one; but surely this was an error which could be corrected in Committee, when he should certainly recommend that the words used be "be it declared and enacted." He did hope, however, that objections of this kind would not be held suffi cient to throw out a measure which the circumstances of this country in this important point imperatively required. The passing of this measure would prevent a tremendous flood of litigation, of appeals, and reserved cases, which would other wise overwhelm the Courts from all parts of the kingdom. Mr. DA RBY said he wished to call the attention of the House to one point which appeared to have escaped its notice, namely, what was to be dove with cases in which the com mutation had been made in direct opposition to the principle of the King v. Jothirell, many of which cases he was aware of ? The very existence of such a want of uniformity seemed to him sufficient reason that something should be dine in the matter. Mr. R. PALMER considered this Bill ought to have been brought forward at an earlier period of the Session. It was impossible that the House could now give it sufficient consi deration. By this Bill great injustice might in miny instances be done to the tithe owner. Mr. B A RNEB Y said he should vote for the second read ing of this Bill. Dr. NICHOLL felt that it would be his duty to oppose the Bill, as he thought there was a great injustice - in it. The House then divided— Sir. WILLIAM RAE moved that this Bill be road a third time. Mr. W A L I LACE moyed that the Bill be read a th!ri time that day three months. Mtn - . a few words from Sir Wm. RAE and Mr. Fox Maut.a, the Muse divided— Ayes. Noes 45 63 Majority against the Bill —lB The Bill was . therefore lost. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS (IRELAND) BILL. (No. 2. ) Mr. Sergeant JACKSON moved the second reading of this Bill, as he had wished to go into Committee to lay the details before the House. Lord3:I6RPETH said he could have no objection to tho Bill going into Committee, in order that the details might be laid before the House. Mr. Sergeant JACKSON said he could not attend to the Bill, as he had paired off after the next day.—(Laughter.) He felt it would be impossible for him now to go on with the Bill. He proposed that the Bill stupid pass pro forma. The Bill was then read a second time, and committed for Wednesday next. COURT OF CHANCERY (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion of Mr. CURRY this Bill went through a Committee. Report to be received to-morrow. LOCAL COMMISSIONERS' RELIEF BILL. This Bill went through a Committee. Report to be consi dered on Friday. QUALIFICATION OF MEMBERS BILL. On the motion of Mr. WARBURTON this Bill was read a third time, and pm:ed. IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT BILL. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL,in moving the second reading of this Bill, expressed a hope that his motion might meet with little if any opposition, and that those Members who had objections to its details would reserve their observa tions for the Committee, when they would have ample oppor tunity for discussion. The principle of the Bill, he believed, was generally admitted to be good and unquestionable, while it gave a great boon to the creditors, by entirely doing away with arrest mimesis° process unless where it was apprehended that the party meant to fly the country. It materially assisted the debtor in the practical recovery of his rights. He (the Attorney-General) confessed he regretted the Bill did not go further; but still, as it went a great way, he earnestly recom mended it to the acceptance of the House, and cordially hoped that it would be allowed to pass. Mr. FRE SHFIELD did not rise to oppose the second reading of the Bill, but simply to endeavour to supply what he considered a very serious omission in its details. He suggested that it would be expedient to extend to all traders the remedy at present possessed by creditors against Mem bers of that House, namely, that if on being served with ade quate notice they should refuse to pay, compromise, or give security for the payment of their debts, they should be liable to a Commission of Bankruptcy. He thought this was a fair provision for all parties, and should therefore recommend its adoption in the present Bill. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL was apprehensive that by the introduction of any material alteration the Bill might be endangered elsewhere. Mr..HAWES said he had no objection to taking from the trader the power of proceeding by mcsne process for the re covery of his debt ; but he certainly objected, under those circumstances, to the continuance of the Insolvent Debtors' Court. However, he would not oppose the progress of the Bill. After a few words from Mr. FRE S HFIE LD and the AT TO RN E Y-G ENE RA L, the Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed, pro . forma, on Friday. REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS BILL. The Order of the Day for taking into further considera tion the Report of the Registration of Electors' Bill having been read, Lord STANLEY begged to ask the Hon. and Learned Gentleman opposite whether it was his intention to proceed with the Bill in the present Session? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL was happy that the No ble Lord had given him an opportunity of saying that such was certainly his intention. All the party feeling that would be excited on the subject had already beeu excited, and he trusted the Bill would be proceeded with. He would now, however, postpone the farther considerstion of the Report to Monday. l DUBLIN POLICE BILL. The House having resolved itself into a Committee on the Dublin Police Bill, Mr. LITTON, in pursuance of his notice, moved " That in the second section of the Bill, there be inserted the follow ing words, Provided always, and be it further enacted, that it shall and may be lawful to and for the Lord-Lieutenant, or other chief governor or governors of Ireland, in his and their discretion, to grant to any such divisional or other justices, receiver, clerks, constables, or other persons appointed or to be appointed under such Acts as aforesaid, who shall have served with diligence and fidelity for above twenty years, and who shall be above the age of sixty-five years, any sum not exceeding the whole of his salary, as and for a superan nuation allowance for the term of the life of such person or persons to whom such grant or grants shall be made.' " Lord MORPETH opposed the motion, on the ground that the superannuation allowances of the individuals in •Question were settled with reference to the superannuation allowances of the metropolitan police ; and that there was no reason why they should be larger. THE CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER expressed the same opinion. . The motion was then negatived, the Bill went through the Committee, the House re;urncd, and the report was or dered to Le received on Monday. CLARE COUNTY ADVANCE. _ _ _ Lord MORPETII moved that the Clare County Advance be referred to a Select Committee, composed of the follow ing Members :—Lord Vis.7out t Morpeth, Mr. Goulburn: Mr. More O'Ferrall, Mr. Sergeant Jackson, Mr. Curry, Mr. Luton, Sir David Roche, Mr. Lucas, Mr. O'Connell, Sir Thomas Acland, and Sir Rdbert Ferguson. The above-mentioned gentlemen were accordingly ap pointed, with the exception of Mr. Litton, who exeused himself on the ►round of pressing engagements. Lord MORPETH said that on Saturday he would pro pose a substitute for the HonouraLle Gentleman. FISHERIES ACTS. Mr. EMERSON TENNENT moved for and obtained leave to brinz in a Bill to explain and amend certain provi 'ions in the Fisheries Act. VESTRIES IN CHURCHES BILL. Dr. NICHOLL postponed proceeding with the Vestries in ChurAcs Bill from to-morrow till to-morrow week. Adjou.ned soon after nine o'clock. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. WEDNESDAY. OLD COURT. Thomas Peacock, aged 48, bookbinder, was indicted for feloniously setting fire to the dwelling-house of Samuel Daniel Ewins. Samuel Daniel Ewins was a bookseller, residing at 102, Cheapside. In July, 1837, the prisoner first transacted busi ness in his (witness's) house. He rented two rooms on the first floor, the front and the back. These rooms were divided by the staircase. Witness occupied the three upper floors, the shop, and the cellar. The prisoner is a widower, with a family of three children. The prisoner had no right to go to the cellar except to go to the closet. On Friday, the 22.1 June, witness's apprentice turned off the gas at half past ten o'clock. While the witness was reading prayers to his family shortly afterwards, he heard a noise as if a person was going up and down stairs. The noise was on the lower staircase. About a quarter of an hour a!'ter wards witness went to bed ; but previous to going he de sired his apprentice to bolt the workshop door, when he observed that he thought there was a fire in the house. Witness then got out of bed, and on going up stairs smelt a fire, but saw none. Went down stairs, and there the smoke was extremely powerful. Witness then secured the escape of his wife and lamily to a neighbour's house. Whets witness went up stairs there was a strong smell of turpentine in the first floor back room. Daring the fire the p r i soner came to witness, and said " What s James Bolster been doing ?" This person was the apprentice, and brother. in-law of the prosecutor. Witness replied that he was afraid his apprentice had dropped a spark in the shavings when he went to turn off the gas. Witness then thought that tne fire was accidental. The next morning Mr. Braidwood, of the Fire EstabliShment, came to the house accompanied by some gen tlemen and a carpenter, and in consequence of something that transpired the boards of the room where the fire took place were cut out, and behind the skiriting board was found a quantity' of fat and a piece of candle. The prisoner was present when these things were found, and he said " That he supposed some one in his employ bad put the fat there to con ceal;it until he had an opportunity of removing it." The cellar was afterwards searched, and in it was found concealed in the ceiling a quantity of brown paper tied up and saturated with tur pentine and sulphur. The prisoner was subsequently taken into custody. A further search was made, and in a recess in the cellar there was found a quantity of bookbinding shavings saturated with turpentine. A light appeared to have been applied to the paper, and it seemed to have gone out. The paper satu rated as before mentioned was placed in different parts of the cellar. In the prisoner's room a pipkin was found, which con tained turpentine, and also a broken bottle which contained about half a pint of turpentine. The witness considered the property in the prisoner's room to be worth hot more than 100/. Mr. A. Wyatt, of the Atlas Insurance Office, proved that the prisoner was insured in that establishment for 900/. The Jury, after some deliberation, returned a verdict of Nat Guilty. NEW .COURT. 4nn Taylor, aged 45, a person who has more than once been an inmate of Ncwgate, was indicted for stealing, on the 21st of June, a gown, shawl, and other articles, value 21., the • property of Mr. Joseph Moore, the doorkeeper in this Court. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty. She was then charged upon another indictment, which im puted to her that she had been previously convicted of felony in this Court, and found guilty. She received a significant hint that she would have to leave the country. Robert Angle, aged 45, described in the calendar as a tinker, and Mary Angle, his wife, aged 29, were indieted, with John Burrell. for stealing 500 yards of muslin, a large quantity of habit-shirts, collars, &c., of considerable value, the property of Messrs. Growcock and Co. After the indictment was read, the first named prisoner stated t ) the Court that he had been an Angel from his birth , and he did not like to be called by Oe improper neme of " Angel."—( A laugh.) COMMON-SERGEANT—Very well; I should be very sorry to try you improperly. If you wish the name to be altered to Angle, you shall be accommodated. Prisoner—My name is Angel, and I like to be called on all occasions by my right name. COMMON SERGEANT—WeII, I have told you thattbe altera tion shall be made ; pray, is there anything else En would _ like me to alter for you ? Prisoner—Yes; I should very much like if you would alter my situation altogether; for I assure you I don't like it at all. —( Immense laughter.) Mr. John Paul Evans, is in the employ of the prosecutors, who are extensive manufacturers in Bow Church-yard. On the 21st of June last he proceeded with a van containing several bales of goods to the cast. end of the town, and, when passing. through Shoreditch, he missed one of them, and that contrincd the articles named in the indictment. Two pawnbrokers produced a large quantity of goods which were pledged by the " two Angels." Police constable H 28, saw the prisoner Burrell in Petti coat-lane on the day of the robbery, when he was carrying a pare I, which was found, on examination, to contain a portion of the stolen property. Upon being questioned, he stated that the bundle belonged to the female prisoner, wiro had given it him to carry, and he at once pointed her out to witness, she being very near at the time. The Jury found both the Angels Guilty, and Acquitted Burrell. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBORO UGH- S TREET. Francis Davis, a young man of very respectable exterior, was brought up fur re-examination, charged with having plun dered his employer, Mr. Cock, Hudson's Bay Fur Company Establishment, Regent-street, to a considerable extent. The prison( r was employed in a confidential situation, and his de linquency was discovered in the following singular manner The Earl of Orkney gave an order to Mr. Cock for a Co ronation rube. The prisoner received and executed the order for his employer, and he was paid by a check for fifty-two guineas from his Lordship. His Lordship's valet, through whom the order was obtained, applied to the prisoner. for a gratuity (a practice, it appears, usual in such affairs), and was 1 3, esented with half a sovereign, with the remark, that it was all that could be afforded. The servant was discon tented, and applied to Mr. Cock. Mr. Cock ascer tained the amount of the check paid to the prisoner by Lord Orkney, and on referring to the entry in the cash book he ascertained that the priponer had given his Lord ship credit for only 301., as if the robe had been furnished at that price. The prisoner was then given into the custody of policeman E 109, who lodged hint in the station-house. Mac::, an active officer of this establishment, *as employed to make further enquiries, and being furnished with a search warrant, he went to the prisoners lodgings in Sr. John's-road, and there found a large quantity o f va l ua bl e furs. The value of the furs t o the dealer was said to be upwards of 501. Upon further inquiry into the transactions in which the pri soner had been concerned for Mr. Cock, several other cases similar to that of Lord Orkney's were discovered. At the request of the prosecutor the prisoner was remanded till further inquiries are made. SIGNET RINGS.—A great Variety of these Useful and Fashionable RINGS, are kept for Selection, with Carnelian, Amethyst, Topaz, and other Real Stones, at 6 for engraving. Armorial bearings may be referred to, o und, gratis, and can be engraved by an Artist of great Palen , at T. COX SAVORY'S, Goldsmith, Silversmith, and jA>ttilimaker, 47, Cornhill, London (Seven Doors from Gracechurn-street). BIRTHS. At Halton Place, Yorkshire, on the 18th ult., the lady of H. M. Blake, Esq., of a son. On the 6th inst., at Godinton, Kent, the lady of the Rev. N. Toke, of a daughter. On the 6th inst., at the Rectory, Freckenham, Suffolk, the lady of Wm. Ashmore, Esq., of the 16th Regiment, of a son. On the 9th inst., at Herne-hill, the lady of Air. Charles Barry, of a daughter. On the 7th inst., Mrs. Sankey Gardner, of Neath, Glamorgan shire, of a son. MARRIED. On the 13th ult., at Malta, first according to the Catholic form, and afterwards in the Protestant Church, the Baron Hector Testa ferrata Abela, to Mary Ramsay, third daughter, of the late Alex. Anderson, Esq„ of Chapel-street, Park-lane. On the 9:h inst., at Rodmersham, the Rev. James Morant, A.M• of Magdalen College, Cambridge, and Chaplain to the Hoe. East India Company at Madras, to Barbara Wilson, third daughter of W. J. Lushington, Esq., of Ro dmersham-lodge, Kent. DIED. On the 28th ult., at Meurice's Hotel, in Paris, Fowler Hickey , Esq., of Silton E all, Yorkshire. On the 7th inst., at Dalston, Mr. John Walter Thompson, i ll his 45th year. On the 7th inst, Mrs. Catharine Fox, of Montagu-place, Bed ford-square, (laughter of the late Rev. J. Fox, of Etton Bevel-10'- On the Bth in s t., at W elling, Kent, the Rev. Stephen Tucker , Vicar of Borden, in that county. On the 15th of May, at St. Helena, Richard Prince, Esq., i ll his 47th year. On the 7th inst., Charlotte Frances, daughter of John Asper Garnett, of Cambridge -street. On the Bth inst., Charlotte Eleanor, wife of John Da ton, Esq. of West Bilney-lodge, Norfolk. Be O rk n s. th? 9th inst., aged 79, Jeremiah Pilcher, Esq., of Winkfielit On the 9th inst.. at Fitzwilliam.home, Richmond-green, Lucy, eldest daughter of B. Cohen, Big., of Wyndham-place, Bryanstow square, aged 18. Printed an , l Published by MURDO - YOUNG, of , 112, Strand, at 2'ke Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the coaan of Middlesex.—Thursday, July 12, 1838. Z 1 /4, .~